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04-09-2003, 03:10 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,368
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Just a quck question for the windows people out here...
I recentlly converted my NTFS Windows Xp partition to Fat32 so it's readable by linux...and when i browse through the directory (/mnt/winxp/ or c:\) i'm seeing two files...they might be important...or might not...
hiberfil.sys (239.6 MB) and
pagefile.sys (360.0 MB)
are these files safe to delete or should i keep them around??
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04-09-2003, 03:39 PM
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the flaming hermit Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 951
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If you delete them, they'll just be recreated by Windows the next time you run it. Hiberfil.sys can be removed permanently by disabling hibernation, but pagefile.sys is pretty much necessary. You CAN disable it (by disbling virtual memory), but it would probably lead to very poor performance in Windows.
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04-09-2003, 04:24 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,368
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good call...thanks for the tip 
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04-09-2003, 04:33 PM
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¤ Broadband Specialist ¤ Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,769
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Just curious, but its not possible to "Convert" a partition from NTFS to FAT32, did you repartition and format?
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04-09-2003, 06:23 PM
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the flaming hermit Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 951
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Apparently PartitionMagic will do this now.. I was also under the impression that it was impossible.
From www.powerquest.com:
"Q: Can PartitionMagic convert file systems?
A: PartitionMagic 8 can convert FAT, FAT32, and NTFS file systems interchangeably." | |
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04-09-2003, 06:39 PM
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¤ Broadband Specialist ¤ Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,769
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Sweet!
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04-10-2003, 05:43 AM
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True Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 153
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I have been running XP Pro for 7 months nows with no System Restore and no Pagefile without any troubles at all, not putting down your answer, maybe I am just lucky but it can be done
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04-10-2003, 07:09 AM
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Super Techie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 307
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Quote: Originally posted by belveder
I have been running XP Pro for 7 months nows with no System Restore and no Pagefile without any troubles at all, not putting down your answer, maybe I am just lucky but it can be done | Cool, your not using a pagefile at all? I have a gig of ram in my pc and I still use the pagefile... much improved performance than relying on conventional memory alone.
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04-11-2003, 12:30 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,368
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Quote: Originally posted by Ecniv
Just curious, but its not possible to "Convert" a partition from NTFS to FAT32, did you repartition and format? | **** ya!!! Paradox was right, Partition Magic 8.0 converted NTFS to Fat32. Which was sooooooooo perfect...now some of the work stuff that i need i can do in winders and also i don't have to worry about transfering only a "select few" pictures off of my digital camera to a disk to work with Linux...hahahah I love Linux even more!!! 
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04-11-2003, 08:53 AM
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Super Techie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 307
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You prefer the GUI over the command line?
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